Steve Claypool, MD

Medical Director, Clinical Surveillance at Wolters Kluwer

Stephen Claypool, MD, is Medical Director of the Surveillance business for Wolters Kluwer Health, an organization that delivers expert solutions that empower healthcare professionals to make the best decisions using clinical decision support technology, evidence-based medicine and predictive analytics to improve patient outcomes. Dr. Claypool has more than 20 years of experience in informatics research and product development, as well as 10 years of experience as a practicing physician in Minnesota. He received an undergraduate degree from Colorado College Colorado Springs, and a medical degree from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in Minneapolis. Dr. Claypool also obtained board certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine in clinical informatics.

Romney Humphries, PhD, D(ABMM), M(ASCP)

Chief Scientific Officer at Accelerate Diagnostics

Romney Humphries, PhD, D(ABMM), M(ASCP) serves as the Chief Scientific Officer of the company and is a Professor in Pathology at the University of Arizona. Prior to joining Accelerate, Dr. Humphries was the Section Chief for Clinical Microbiology and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Humphries is author of more than 150 scientific peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology and serves on a number of working groups and committees including the American Society for Microbiology, the Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the World Health Organization. Dr. Humphries received her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada and her PhD from the University of Calgary. She completed her postdoctoral study at the UCLA David Geffen Medical School, Clinical Microbiology CPEP Program.